Home values, rents and more in the Lafayette metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Lafayette metro compares
The typical home in the Lafayette metro area is worth about $200,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Lafayette metro are 6% below the typical value in Louisiana ($214,000) and 45% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Lafayette metro rose 2.8%, compared with +2.1% in Louisiana and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,385 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as Louisiana ($1,384) and 28% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $60,892, against $60,756 in Louisiana and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 423,758 people live in the Lafayette metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Lafayette metro has the 253rd-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 8th-highest of 18 in Louisiana with Zillow figures.
Part of: Louisiana
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- Zillow 12-month price forecast
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Lafayette metro
Cities in the Lafayette metro
- Lafayette, LA $225,000
- Youngsville, LA $276,000
- Broussard, LA $280,000
- Carencro, LA $220,000
- Crowley, LA $120,000
- Abbeville, LA $135,000
- Scott, LA $221,000
- Breaux Bridge, LA $182,000
- Rayne, LA $171,000
- Saint Martinville, LA $150,000
- Kaplan, LA $132,000
- Church Point, LA $160,000
- Maurice, LA $251,000
- Delcambre, LA $103,000
- Erath, LA $137,000
- Henderson, LA $109,000
- Cecilia, LA $126,000
- Iota, LA $189,000
- Gueydan, LA $120,000
- Duson, LA $214,000
- Parks, LA $137,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.